Resources

Love-Based, Attachment-Focused, Natural, Parenting books:

Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child by Katie Granju

The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff

No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley

Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Seigel

Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason, by Alphie Kohn

Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves, by Naomi Aldort

Magical Child by Joseph Chilton Pearce

Playful Parenting by Lawrence Cohen

Beyond Consequences, Logic and Control: A Love Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children with Severe Behaviors by Bryan Post and Heather Forbes

The Irreducible Needs of Children by Terry Brazelton

Prenatal Parenting by Fredrich Wirth

Tomorrow's Baby: The Art and Science of Parenting from Conception through Infancy, by Thomas Verny

The Aware Baby (Rev. Ed.) by Aletha Solter (1984/2001)

Tears and Tantrums: What To Do When Babies and Children Cry by Aletha Solter

Books Containing Activities to Promote Attachment and Bonding

I Love you Rituals by Becky A. Bailey

Fun to Grow On by Virginia K. Morin

Musts if your child is taking psychotropic medications or before placing on psychotropics:

Toxic Psychiatry by Peter Breggin

Reclaiming Our Children by Peter Breggin

Books on Birth - Preparation and Cultural Facets:

Birthing From Within: An Extraordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation, by Pam England

Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic and Birth by Suzanne Arms

Birth as an American Rite of Passage by Robbie Davis-Floyde

The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer

Active Birth by Janet Balaskas

The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin

Calm Birth, by Robert Newman

Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives by Deepak Chopra

Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, Healthier Birth by Marshall Klaus, Phillis Klaus and John Kennell

Pregnancy and Birth Stress/Trauma-
The Long Term Effects on Children's Emotional Health and Well Being:

Ghosts from The Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence  by Robin Karr-Morse and Berry Brazelton

The Interpersonal World of the Infant: A View from Psychanalysis and Developmental Psychology by Daniel Stern

The Secret Life of the Unborn Child by Thomas Verny (1981/1986), .

Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma by Ronald Goldman

Books on Education, Learning, Home Schooling

Magical Child by Joseph Chilton Pearce

The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards”, by Alphie Kohn

            And many other books by Alphie Kohn including:

 The Homework Myth

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise and   Other Bribes.

Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community

What it Means to be Well Educated

The Case Against Homework  by Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish

How Children Learn by John Holt

And other books by John Holt including:

            Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling

Learning All the Time: How small children begin to read, write, count and investigate the world without being taught. 

John Holts website, www.holtgws.com

The Unschooling Handbook by Mary Griffith

A Mind At A Time, by Mel Levine

The Unschooled Mind, by Howard Gardner

Dumbing Us Down, by John Gatto

Videos

Dr. Bryan Post’s Video/DVD/CD series available at www.postinstitute.com

Beyond Consequences Resources at www.beyondconsequences.com

Giving Birth: Challenges and Choices. Suzanne Arms (1998). Video. Injoy Productions, Boulder, CO available at www.birthingthefuture.com

Trauma, Brain and Relationship: Helping Children Heal, put together by Santa Barbara Institute and Neurons to Neighborhoods Conferences available at www.TraumaResources.org

What Babies Want: An Exploration of the Consciousness of Infants.  Documentary by Debby Takikawa, Narrated by Noah Wyle.  Available at Peace Works,  www.whatbabieswant.com